U.S. Customs and Border Protection's leadership was aware as early as February 2018 of at least one private Facebook group that included 'inappropriate and offensive posts' by its personnel, internal memo shows.
An internal memo from U.S. Customs and Border Protection shows that the agency's leadership was aware, from as early as February 2018, of at least one private Facebook group that included"inappropriate and offensive posts" by its personnel.
“Too much of CBP has been an out of control agency for too long and it must be reined in immediately,” said Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, D-New York, said earlier this week. It is not clear whether the Facebook group referenced in the 2018 memo is the same exposed by ProPublica and currently under investigation by the Homeland Security Department’s inspector general’s office.
The agency’s Office of Professional Responsibility, led by Klein,"is investigating the posts to determine the facts," a spokesperson said in a statement. Castro, whose twin brother Julián Castro is a Democratic candidate for president, has called for a congressional investigation into the matter,
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